Many clients worry about the cost of pursuing a personal injury claim. They worry that they will have to pay solicitors fees to pursue a claim.
There are a number of ways in which clients can pursue their claim without having to pay any costs. Many clients have household insurance and attached to that policy is a legal expenses clause under which their claim can be funded. Sometimes the insurers will require the client to use their nominated solicitors to pursue the claim. In addition, if the client is a member of a trade union then legal funding may be available under the terms of the trade union membership. The most common way in which claims are funded is under a conditional fee agreement or no-win-no-fee agreements. Under these types of agreements, the solicitor will agree to act (if the claim has merit) and not charge the client if the claim is unsuccessful. If the claim is successful, the solicitor will recover some costs from the third-party insurers and also charge a success fee which will be deducted from the client’s damages. This success fee is usually capped at a maximum of 25% of the client’s damages. We have successfully pursued many personal injury and clinical negligence claims on a no-win-no-fee agreement.